Senior India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has issued a heartfelt apology to youngster Sarfaraz Khan, and Jadeja admitted that it was his “wrong call” that led to the debutant getting run out in Rajkot.
It was roller-coaster day 1 of the third Test against England in Rajkot, where India finished at 326/5, and both teams would feel they lost ground at various points.
India were 33/3 after electing to bat first before Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja resurrected the innings with their 204-run stand, en route the Indian captain notching up his 11th Test ton.
In came Sarfaraz Khan, on debut, and tore into the England spinners with a spate of boundaries. The right-hander cracked 9 fours and one six in his blistering knock of 62 runs in 66 balls. However, as he looked set for a superb maiden century on debut, he got run out due to a poor call by Ravindra Jadeja, who was batting on 99.
Jadeja ended the day unbeaten on 110. Despite scoring a century, Ravindra Jadeja got a lot of flak and trolling from the fans for his misjudgment and incorrect calling of a run when he was on 99, which resulted in Khan getting run out.
Ravindra Jadeja says sorry to Sarfaraz Khan, hails his innings
In the evening the senior all-rounder took to Instagram to apologize to Sarfaraz Khan for his incorrect call and praised his innings.
Jadeja posted on his Insta story: “Feeling bad for @sarfarazkhan97it was my wrong call Well played”
Ravindra Jadeja’s Instagram story. pic.twitter.com/IPbammFJic
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Before the run out, Sarfaraz and Jadeja shared a partnership of 77 runs out of which 62 were scored by the youngster.
In the post-day press conference, Khan said, “I told Jaddu Bhai to keep talking to me while I bat as I like talking while batting – he supported me a lot today.”
India will start Day 2 with the aim of taking their total to at least 450 on what is now looking like a good surface. But the early morning moisture in the first hour will be difficult to handle against Anderson and Wood.
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